8 comments

beat it up

Harry

It’s simple really. Move you and your son out of Memphis ASAP. Your neighborhood is going to pot and it’s waaaay past time to move. Sell your home at a loss if you have to…but move out now.
Wake up and smell the coffee. I sold my home at a loss and moved my family out of Hickory Hill. My only regret is that we did not move out sooner. Everyday your home is going down in value.

Harry

While you are waiting for your house to sell. Get the good neighbors to chip in and buy some plywood to board up the vacant houses. Use thick plywood and screw the plywood to all the doors and windows. Nails will not do the trick. Use heavy weight screws. Thugs like to sleep in the homes where it is easy to get in. Make it hard for them. You may have to buy more plywood but they will get tired and move to a another house.

resa

@Harry, it is not that simply. Plus, where the hell is everyone moving to? Southaven? Holly Spring? Arkansas? Kentucky? North, South, East or West horrific violence is coming out of all these areas. If you can stay and fight, good. But, when you move, you are still faced with the same problems. There are no SAFE havens! Stop with the “Move Out of Memphis” phrase. Where do you go from there? Tell me I want to know people mind set. I live in a place (and I wont say because crime is down here) where crime is still here but it is a not of killing nature.

Mnyama

Nice advice… everyone isn’t able to up and move on a whim. . . The city claims they “will handle it” but that takes weeks, months and years. Everyone isnt comfortable using a gun but she does need one.

Low Profile

Real Estate values are not recovering in Memphis (at least not in my area). If I find a job that allows me to relocate to another town completely, I’m past willing to just leave it to the bank and walk away. Let it be their problem. The quality of my life amounts to more than a mortgage… or even credit. At this point, there’s no quality to a life in Memphis. It’s more of a penance served while hoping you don’t die from someone else’s stupidity.